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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Editor’s Note: Bits x Bites is China’s first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups. Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. . World’s Largest Meat Consumer. More Life.”.

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The Growing Appetite for Meat Alternatives in China

AFN Sustainable Protein

Editor’s Note: Bits x Bites is China’s first accelerator VC to invest in early-stage food tech startups. Here the Bits x Bites team breaks down key trends and milestone announcements that have been happening in China—the world’s biggest market for meat. . World’s Largest Meat Consumer. More Life.”.

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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation and Greentown Labs Announce the KAITEKI Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

The startup space is buoyant with cash and targeting a blend of retail, direct-to-consumer and food service channels, playing with ingredients such as kelp, koji and mung beans. Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1 Alternative meat, dairy and egg products make up more than half of that, at $2.1

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This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race

AFN Sustainable Protein

“In terms of why we are throwing our hat in the ring, there is so much opportunity and Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods have by no means taken over the market,” Karuna Rawal, chief marketing officer at Sustainable Bioproducts (SBP), told AFN. “We There are advantages to being first to market, but everyone is watching your missteps. “At

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Investors are betting billions on carbontech. Will it pay off?

Grist

But as more pilot tests begin, and amid growing urgency to take action on climate change, investors are increasingly placing their bets on so-called “carbontech.” Yet acceptance is growing among investors and policy experts as climate studies grow more grim. Last year, the U.N. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Applying science and healthcare principles to soil wellness can help our planet

GreenBiz

The report shows that the largest year-over-year growth in funding was for downstream innovations such as meat alternatives, indoor farming and robotic food delivery. Investment in startups operating upstream, or closer to the farmer, increased 1.3 According to the latest AgFunder Agri-FoodTech Investing Report, $19.8

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